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Alexander Cruden (June 8 1699 – 1 November 1770), also called (by himself) Alexander the Corrector, was the author of a concordance to the Bible.
<p>Cruden's Bible Concordance became well-known, and further editions were published after his death. It has not been out of print since 1737.
<p>Alexander Cruden was born in Aberdeen in Scotland (baptised on June 8, 1699, St. Nicholas Kirk, Aberdeen, according to recent research) and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Marischal College, and became an excellent Latin, Greek and Biblical scholar. He took the degree of Master of Arts and was set to enter the church until his mental health was called into question and he was institutionalised. This was the first of several stays in psychiatric hospitals throughout his life.
<p>After a term of confinement he recovered and moved to London. In 1722 he had an engagement as private tutor to the son of a country squire living at Eton Hall, Southgate, and also held a similar post at Ware. Years...
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